Window construction



Dec. 25 1923.

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UNITED STATES innen PATENT orme.

' `HUGH: J.y SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, vNEVKYRK.

vApplication ined Juiy 17, 1922; serial No. 575,553.

following is a full, clear, and exact desc-rip-A tion. s

This invention relates to a window Vconstruction, and has for an robject the provision of a construction such that the windowpane in a' sash vcan be readily moved with respect to the sash so ythat a person standing within a room can clean both sidesof the window withoutsitting on the sill or standing on the outside ot tho window.

Another object resides in the provision oit a construction in which the above-rneiitioned object is `achieved'while yet providing a construction which is neat., compact and durable.

A further object resides n the particular construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

`The invention is illustratedin the draw'- ings, of which-'- Figure 1 is a perspective viewv of a window frame showingtwo sashes, from one of which the windowpane has been moved out so that both sides of the window can be'cleaned by a person standing within the room.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an rend elevation of the upper end ct the window trame showing the wondowpane in an open or abnormal position.

lThe form orP the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is lunderstood thatvmodications in the con struction and arrangement of the parts and in 'the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In cleaning windows it is generally necessary for a: person to stand or sit on the window sill in order to reach out and clean the outside of the panes. To eliminate `this necessity, I have provided in each sash a pivoted frame which supports the pane and which can be pivotally moved away from the frame so that a person can get yboth sides of the pane. Inthe preferred form V1of' my invention as illustrated in the drawings, the construction relates to a* Window sash having railsl and 2 and stiles 3 and4. flo the rails at one side of the frame, .I pivot metal plates v5 and G. The

pivotal connection between the plates r5 andv 6 and the rails 1 and 2 may be made in any suitable manner. These plates are spaced apart the fully height of the sash opening and are adapted to receive a uwindowpane 7 which may be fastened thereagainst in any desired manner. Along the front of the windowpane at its 4top and bottom edges,y

and suitably connected in any desired inanner to the members 5 and 6, I dispose molding portions 8 and 9. These moldingpoitions are provided with flat shoulders on which'the edges of the pane'7 rest. The .sides ot' they pane are held between themolding port-ions 8 and 9 and th-e plates and 6.

lWithout any further consideration it will be seen that the members 5 andG and mold-- ing members 8 and 9, together with the pane` of glass Y7, form a frame pivotally connected to the rails of a window sash and which can be moved out into the room, as shown in Fig. 1, so that a person can get at both sides of the pane. The upper and lower edges of this frame are provided with molding members so that whenit is in its l normal position within the sash the 'traine will have a substantially tinishedlappearance.

In order to complete the effect of molding, I provide a pair of lateral molding members 10 and 11. These are adapted in their closed position to lie along the vertical ysides of the opening and completethe substantially finished appearance of the construction. At the upper and lower ends of the lateral molding member 10, I connect in any suitable manner horizontally kdisposed flat bars 12 and 13.y These bars are pivotally connected respectively to the upper edge of the rail 2 and the lower edge of the rail 1. To the upper and lower edgesof the lateral molding member-11 I connect similar bars 14 and 15 which are in turn respectively connected to the upper edge of the lower rail 2 and the lower edge of the upper rail 1. The horizontal length of the bars 12 and 13 is greater than the horizontal length of the bars 14 and 15 because the pivot pins of the latter bars are nearer one vertical edge of the pane of glass than are the pivot pins of the other bars. This Lconstruction.

permitslof a proper angle of opening. Each pair of barsand its respective lateral mold'- ing member forms a swinging frame which can be pulled out and by reason of which the bars, particularly the l'oyver ones 12 and 14, tend to support the lower edge of the glass for the loWer channel member 5.

The bars 12 to 15, inclusive, maybe suitably connected to the lateral molding members 10 and l1, respectively, by having their end portions turned down along the `.ed-ges of these molding members and connected thereto by any suitable means.

`When the Window pane and its supporting frame bars are moved into their norm-al posi-V tion Within the sash then the molding iframe members can be moved into position to give the appearance of a substantially linished molding for the pane. When itis desired to open the pane for cleaning it is merely necessary to pullout the lateral molding members Which Vnieve pivotally around the pivot points of their supporting bars to any de` sired position whereupon the 'free end oit' the pane of glass can be grasped to move it around the pivot lpoints of its supporting frame bars 5 and '6. y

The detailed manner in which the various connect-ions are made is a matter of no par'- ticular importance to the essence of the invention, many variations VAin the detail construction being permissible While yet lying Within the general scope of the invention.

lt Will be seen, therefore, that it is a very simple mattter to lmove the Windowpane to a position whereby both sides of it can be readily cleaned by a person standing Within the room and that this action can take place regardless of the position of the sash and Without in any Way affecting the relation or the sash to the Window frame. The same construction, of course, can be applied to either one or both of the sashes.

What I claim is: K

1.7111 va Window sash construction, a Windovvp'ane pivotally connected to rthe sash, vertical molding members normally disposed at the vertical sides of the pane, and supporting bars for said molding members connected to the sash and movable outnf'ardly, said supporting bars and molding members forming pivoted frames adapted to be swung out to support the glass when the glass 'is swung outwardly.

2. ln a Window sash construction, a pair of frame members pivoted to the sash, a Windowp'ane supported between said members, fixed molding members disposed along the upper and lower edges of the pane, movable molding members disposed 'along the lateral edges of the pane, and pivoted supporting bars for said lateral molding members connected to the rails Aof the sash, said supporting bars and lateral molding members acting as pivoted frames to be swung out to support the pane When 1t 1s swung out'- Wardly. Y y

HUGH lJ. SMITH. 

